Category Archives: Events

A lot can happen in four years. In the previous German general election the centre-left won a majority. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) was in a position to form a government with the Greens and the Left Party (Linke), which could have ended the political stagnation in Germany and might even have provided Europe with a new, …

This article is in two parts. Part 1 deals with the Republican Convention which took place last week. Part 2 will cover the Democratic Convention which ends tomorrow. I will concentrate now on a series of social pathologies. This is easy when talking about the GOP, …

‘Much ado about nothing,’ as Shakespeare wrote, may perhaps be slightly exaggerated in the Brexit case, but ‘Alot ado about little’ would be absolutely appropriate. Even the play of words between Brexit and Grexit is misleading. A Grexit means that Greece would leave the euro zone. …